Lecale
Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lecale (leh-KAHL, from Irish Leath Cathail 'Cathal's half')[1] is a peninsula in the east of County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Strangford Lough and Dundrum Bay. In the Middle Ages it was a district or túath in the Gaelic Irish kingdom of Ulaid, then became a county in the Anglo-Norman Earldom of Ulster. Later it became a barony, which was split into Lecale Lower and Lecale Upper by 1851.[2] Its largest settlement is the town of Downpatrick. Other settlements include Ardglass, Killough and Strangford. The peninsula has a high concentration of tower houses. Much of it is part of the 'Strangford and Lecale' Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Lecale
Leath Cathail(Irish) | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | Down |